Horse-hitching device.



A.* GARDIN.

HORSE HITGHING DEVIGE APPLIOATION PILED APR.Z7,1908.

928,629. Patented Ju zo, 1909.

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ADRIEN GARDIN, OF FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS.

HORSE-HITCHING DEVICE Noj 928,629.

Specification of Letters Patent. I

Patented Jul 20, 1909.

Application filed April 27, 1908. Serial No. 429,575.

To all 'whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that l, ADRIEN CARDIN, a citizen of the United States, residing* at Fall River, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, h ave invented a new and useful Improvement in Horse-Hitching Devices, of which the following is a specificaton, like characters on the drawings representing like parts in the different figures and in the descrption. u

My invention relates to devices for hitch ing or holding horses by attaching the rein or In my device this is effected in such a way that the rein or hitch ro e is tightened by the rotation of the Wheel w ien the horse starts ahead, and is released When the horse backs.

In the annexed drawings Figure l is a side view of the left front Wheel With .my device attached; Fig. 2 is a side view of the pawl; Fig. 3 is a top view of the pawl; Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section on line W Z; Fig. 5 is a transverse section on line X Y; Fig. 6 is a rear view of the left front Wheel hub with my device attached.

The bands A A" have the integral flanges a a' and faces (IP. These bands take the lace of and serve the purposes of the usual iub bands. The face flanges a (1. do not meet but leave a space between. Said hands and fianges form a groove having a slot narrower than the groove itself, around its eX- ternal face. Mounted on and carried by the hands A A' are the ratchets B B'. The pawl C is loosely mounted in said groove; it has a lower fiange 0 curved to correspond With the hands A A'. This flange c* prevents the pawl C from falling out through the slot between the faces u a The rib of the pawl 0 projects through this slot. The u per fiange c' assists in keeping the pawl in p ace. The knob c engages a suitable device on the rein E. The paWl spring 0 serves to keep the end of the pawl c'* in -engagement'with the ratchets B B' and also to prevent said pawl rattling when the rein is not attached thereto. The Wheel hub is shown at F and the rein at The operation of the device is as follows: When the device is not in use and the Wheel is revolving, the s ring 6 holds the pawl in place and the paw is carried around by the Wheel. When it is desired to use the deviee the rein or hitch rope is attached to the knob c. If the horse starts, the ratchet B engaging the pawl c wraps the rein around the Wheel hub thereby tightening said rein. The flange c' projccting above the hub. assists in preventing the rein from slipping over the end of the hub. This tightening of the rein causes the horse to stop. If he backs, as soon as the rein is unwound from the hub, the ratchet slps by the awl, and the rein is no longer wound on the mb.

Having thus described ny said invention I claim:

1. In a horse hitching device, the conbination of a band aHiXed to the Wheel hub, said band having a circumferential groove the sides of which are extended over and toward each other in such a nanner as to form a peripheral slot narrower than said groove, ratchet teeth affixed to said band, a pawl loosely mounted in and retained by said groove and adapted to engage said ratchet teeth When said band rotates forward, and means to attach said pawl to the reins.

2. In a horse hitching; device a divided hub band having the iianges a a' a c forrning a groove with a narrow peripheral slot, ratchet teeth aflixed to said hands, a pawl having the fiange 0 and the spring c and adapted to engage said ratchet teeth When said band rotates forward.

ADRIEN CARDIN.

VVitnesses:

JAMES M. MORTON, Jr., ARTHUR F. NELSON. 

